The South Pole

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The South Pole
Antarctic

• The One Where Santa Does Not Live

North Pole
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http//www.icair.iac.org.nz/

• Antarctica Life

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Antarctica

• Very cold
• Ice everywhere
• Glacier Rivers of Ice
• Island of ice

http//lantis.tv/home.html
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Antarctic is an Island

• An island covered with ice.
• It is dry.
• Snow never melts just turns to ice.
• Builds up and creates glaciers
• Glaciers break off and float in the water
  becoming an iceberg.

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Antarctic Seasons

• Summer Sun up all the time.
• Winter Sun never comes up
• Always cold
• Get only a little snow

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Animals of the Antarctic

• Alive with animals.
• Live along the coast or in the water.
• Use the sea for food.

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Sea Birds
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Sea Birds of the Antarctic

• They depend on the sea for food.
• Larger than land birds.
• They are protected from the cold by a thick layer
  of feathers.
• They breed in large colonies.
• Most species lay only one large egg.

http//www.antarctic.com.au/encyclopaedia/bio/Bird
s.html
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Seals
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Seals

• Seals live on the land.
• Seals swim in the sea.
• Seals eat fish.
• A Seals baby is called a pup.

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Penguins
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Penguins

• Penguins live on land.
• Penguins young are called pups.
• They come from eggs.
• They eat fish.
• They love to swim.

Emperor Penguin
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Whales
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Whales

• Largest animal found in the Southern Ocean.
• They are mammals.
• Give birth to live babies.
• Babies take milk from their mothers

http//www.antarctic.com.au/encyclopaedia/bio/Whal
es.html
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Antarctic Fish

• About 200 different kinds of fish.
• Most are Antarctic Cod and ice fish.
• Others are bottom-dwelling fishes include
  eel-pouts, sea snails, rat-tailed fishes and
  other cod-like fishes.

http//www.antarctic.com.au/encyclopaedia/bio/Fish
.html
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Antarctica Animals

• Draw a picture of your favorite animal